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GENERAL INDEX. 



Flower-garden, the. The Ameri- 

 can Garden, 742— The Rosary, 750 

 — The, Lawn, 772 — The Shrub- 

 bery, 780 — The Florists' flower- 

 garden, 796 — The Alpine garden 

 and rockery, 814 — The Perennial- 

 plant garden, 815 — The Parterre 

 garden, 816 — The Reserve garden, 

 822 — insects injurious in it, 823. 



Flower-stems, propagation by cuttings 

 of the, 350. 



Flower-transplanter, 86. 



Flowers, grafting to continue the 

 purity of, 321. 



Flute or tube budding, 344 — terminal, 

 345. 



Fcenusa pumila, the, 574. 

 Fool's parsley, 232. 

 Forest trees, Cree's system of pruning, 

 407. 



Forficula auricularis, the, 514. 

 Fork, digging, 89. 



Forsyth, Mr A., his mode of striking 

 cuttings, 348. 



Forsyth on peach-borders, 487 — on 

 pruning the peach, 489— on plant- 

 ing, &c. the apricot, 518. 



Foster, Mr, asparagus raised by, 123. 



Fragaria, the, see Strawberry. 



Frames for protecting cauliflower, 101. 



France, the pea originally from, 48 — 

 culture of asparagus in, 120— forcing 

 endive in, 162 — uses of the apple in, 

 413 — mode of manufacturing prunes 

 in , 525 — culture of the pine-apple in, 

 645. 



Free pear-stocks, what, 328. 



Free stocks for apples, what, 328. 



Freestone peaches, &c, what, 485. 



French, Mr, his mode of growing the 

 vine, 632. 



French bean, see Kidney Bean — 

 budding-knife, the, 341 — mode of 

 peach-training, the, 496 — prunes, 

 manufacture of, 525 — sorrel, culture 

 of, 138— spinach, culture of, ib. — 

 stock for apples, the, 328 — trans- 

 planter, a, 86 — turnip, the, 184, 

 190— whip-grafting, 331, 333. 



Frogmore, forcing of asparagus at, 

 125 — culture of the plum at, 526, 

 527. 



Frozen sap blight, the, 465. 

 Fruit-gatherers, on, 501 — protectors, 

 ib. 



Fruit-room, management of the, 673. 



Fruit-trees, selection of kinds, &c, 

 299 — the various lists of them, ib. — 

 recent improvements in kinds, 300 

 — circumstances to be kept in view in 

 selecting, ib. — proposed models, &c. 

 of fruits, 302 — on the origin of new 

 fruits, 303 — improved varieties acci- 

 dentally or scientifically produced, 

 304 — spontaneous change of charac- 

 ter in them, 305— on their duration 

 in a healthy state, 306 — various 

 modes of propagating, 309 — cuttings 

 of, 347 — transplantation of, to cor- 

 rect luxuriant growth, 370 — bend- 

 ing down the branches of, 404 — lay- 

 ing bare their roots, ib. 



Fruit-tree borders, formation of, 359. 



Fruits, improved varieties of, 299 — 

 their nomenclature, ib. — on the 

 origin of new varieties of, 303 — 

 purity of, grafting to continue, 324. 



Fuchsia, culture of the, 741. 



Fumigators, various, 516. 



Fungi, various edible, 243 — the mush- 

 room and its cultivation, 245 — the 

 morel, 252— the truffle, 253— mode 

 of germination, &c. of, 245. 



Gamma moth, the, 70. 



Gansel Bergamot, origin of the, 305. 



Garden, necessity for constant trans- 

 plantings in the, 357. 



Garden beetle, the, 830— centipede, 

 the, 197— cress, culture of, 168— 

 patience, culture of, 138— pebble- 



moth, the, 262 — spades, various 

 kinds of, 279— swift, the, 222— tiger- 

 moth, the 157. 



Gardeners' Chronicle, the, on rota- 

 tion, 16 — description of the thrip 

 from, 76 — of the red spider, 77 

 — of the Aleyrodes from, 113— on 

 forcing mushrooms, 251 — on prepar- 

 ing the soil for next crop, 283 — on 

 budding, 340, 345 — on summer- 

 pruning, 392— on root-pruning, 400. 



Gardeners' Magazine, mode of sowing 

 peas recommended by : the, 51. 



Gardenesque»style, introduction of the 

 shrubbery into the, 781. 



Garlic, early history of, 6 — natural 

 history of, 29 — its uses, ib. — its cul- 

 tivation, 30 — varieties of, ib. — its 

 foreign names, ib. 



Garnishing, plants used for, 232. 



Gaseous products of . manures, impor- 

 tance of the, 289. 



Gasparin, M. de, his classification of 

 soils, 263. 



Gastropacha neustria, the, 439 — pini, 

 835. 



Geans, culture of, 538. 

 Geology, relations of, to culture, 

 301. 



Geometra brumata, the, 434 — cervi- 

 naria, 832 — defoliaria, 434— cescu- 

 laria, 832— pilosaria, 440, 473. 

 German prunes, manufacture of, 525 

 Germany, forcing of asparagus in, 124 

 — forcing turnips in, 189 — mode of 

 cultivating mushrooms in, 249 — 

 uses of the apple in, 413— the cherry 

 in, 537. 



Germination of seeds, the, 309. 

 Gesnera, propagation of, by single 



leaves, 351. 

 Ghost moth, the, 181. 

 Gibbon on the introduction of fruits, 



&c, 304. 

 Gidney's Prussian hoe, the, 208. 

 Gills, propagation of the pine-apple 



by, 643. 

 Gipsey moth, the, 439. 

 Girandole training of the apple and 



pear, 476. 

 Glabra, see Liquorice. 

 Glass screens, protection of the peach 



by, 499. 



Glasses, forms of, for cauliflower, 100. 



Glendinning, Mr, on transplanting 

 evergreens, 372 — soil used for pines 

 by, 646 — on watering them, 648 — 

 on temperature for them, 650. 



Glendinning's pick-fork, 208. 



Glenny, Mr, on Florists' flowers, 796. 



Globe artichoke, Pliny on the, 4 — see 

 Artichoke. 



Gloxinia, propagation of the, by single 

 leaves, 351. 



Glycyn hiza, see Liquorice. 



Glyphopteryx variella, the, 574. 



Goat moth, the, 467. 



Gold fish, use of, in the aquarium, 

 711. 



Golden rose-beetle, the, 828. 



Good King Henry, culture of, 137. 



Gooseberry, advantages of trans- 

 planting, 357 — natural history of 

 the, 575 — soil, &c. suitable to it, ib. 

 576— its propagation, 576 — pruning 

 and training it, 577— summer prun- 

 ing, 578 — select list, ib. — insects 

 and diseases by which attacked, 

 579 — forcing it, 581 — its European 

 names, ib. 



Gooseberry-pruner, the, 410 — saw-fly, 

 the, 579. 



Gordon of Fountainbridge, seed-list 

 from, 9. 



Gorrie, Mr, new gooseberries origin- 

 ated by, 576. 



Gourd, cultivation and varieties of 

 the, 259. 



Gowan, Mr, on grafting the vine, 

 599. 



Graft, influence of the stock on the, 

 325— its influence on the stock. 

 326. 



Grafts, choice of, 325. 



Grafting, propagation by, 322 — its 

 theory, ib.— its objects, 324— to con- 

 tinue purity, ib. — to accelerate 

 flowers or fruit, ib. — to induce fer- 

 tility, ib. — to renew the head, ib. — 

 several sorts on one tree, 325— to 

 produce reduction in size, ib. — 

 choice of grafts, ib.— and of stocks, 

 ib. — influence of stock on graft, ib. 

 — and of graft on stock, 326— on 

 stocks, 327 — season for it, 329— 

 splice, 330 — whip or tongue, ib. — 

 splice-grafting the peach, 331— sad- 

 dle, ib. — Herefordshire saddle, 332 

 — cleft, ib.— crown , 333 —peg, ib.— 

 shoulder or chink, ib. — side, 334 — 

 root, ib. — Herbaceous, ib. — root- 

 grafting the tree peony, ib. — expe- 

 ditious, 335 — conifers, ib. — soft- 

 wooded or succulent plants, 336 — 

 by approach, ib. — clay for it, 337 

 —and wax, ^.—propagation of the 

 vine by, 599— of roses, the, 761. 



Grafting clay, preparation of, 337 — 

 wax, preparation of, ib. 



Grain beetle, the, 59. 



Grape vine, the, see Vine— thinning- 

 scissors, the, 410. 



Grapes, sizes of bunches of, 596— 

 management of, in the fruit-room, 

 675. 



Grass terraces, situations in which 

 admissible, 773— walks, formation 

 of, 777. 



Grasses, experiments on grafting, 338 

 — selection of, for lawns, 779. 



Gravel walks, formation, &c. of, 

 777. 



Gravelly soil, what, 263, 268— plants 



indigenous to, 271. 

 Grayson, Mr, large asparagus grown 



by, 117. 



Great Britain, origin of the apple in, 

 411 — introduction of the pear into, 

 447 — of the vine, 595. 



Great yellow underwing moth, the, 

 196. 



Greeks, the turnip among the, 183. 

 Green's mode of training fruit-trees, 

 396. 



Green, Mr, on layering the vine, 598. 



Green centres, what, in roses, 772 — 

 gage plum, peculiarities of, as to 

 situation, 527— rose -chafer, 828— 

 vegetable manure, on, 292 — veined 

 cabbage butterfly, 113. 



Greenhouse, management of the, 724 

 — plants for it as soft and hard 

 wooded, ib. — their autumn and 

 winter management, 725 — their 

 spring and summer treatment, 727 

 — propagation, potting, and water- 

 ing, ib. — their removal from it 

 during summer, 728 — training of 

 them, ib. — select lists of plants, ib. 



Greenhouse plants, propagation of, by 

 cuttings, 348. 



Greens, order of, in the rotation, 17 — 

 see Borecole. 



Grew, discovery of the sexuality of 

 plants by, 314. 



Griffin on vine borders, 600— on spur- 

 pruning the vine, 607. 



Grosse mignonne peach, number of 

 synonyms of, 300. 



Gryllusgryllotalpa, 832. 



Gryllotalpa vulgaris, the, 832. 



Guano as a manure, 294. 



Guernsey prong, 208. 



Guinea pepper, culture of, 260. 



Gum in the cherry, causes, &c. of, 

 544— on the peach, cure of, 513. 



Gumming of the cucumber, 668 — of 

 the melon, 672. 



Gyde on the rotation of crops, 12. 



Gypsum as a manure, 297. 



